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What kind of Robin Hood is this? Even though forecasted revenue for the state’s 2005-07 budget is projected to increase by more than $1 billion over the current biennium’s revenue, some in Olympia want to increase spending by nearly $3 billion. These same legislators are now trying to use their spending appetite, and the gap it creates based on forecasted revenue, to justify tax increases. Below are just a few examples of some of the schemes currently being hatched in Olympia to take your money! Taxes:
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Rather than damage the state’s fragile economy with tax increases as some are now suggesting, Olympia should redouble its efforts to enhance the Priorities of Government (POG) budget reforms.
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1 Part Honesty; 2 Parts Arrogance At a March 23, 2005, House Appropriations hearing on a bill to gut the voter-approved I-601 spending limit, Rep. Jim McIntire (D) asked a supporter of I-601’s two-third supermajority requirement for the legislature to raise taxes the following question: "Can you name a time when we [legislators] have actually not just set it [supermajority requirement] aside by majority vote? I mean, this is in many respects a procedural motion that has no bearing. It’s a statutory constraint that cannot constrain any legislature that chooses as a majority to set it aside . . . have we ever used a supermajority [to raise taxes]?" - Rep. Jim McIntire (D - 46) Despite the arrogance of some state officials, Washington's constitution is clear: "All political power is inherent in the people..." |
